Sequans Communications

Sequans Communications is a 4G-semiconductor technology company. It develops 4G WiMAX, LTE and dual-mode chips for wireless device makers worldwide.
Deloitte ranked Sequans #163 on its 2011 list of the Technology Fast 500. The National Microelectronics Institute named the company’s founder a joint Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011.
Georges Karam, Ph.D., founded Sequans Communications in 2003. Sequans trades on the New York Stock Exchange as SQNS.
History
Karam founded Sequans Communications in 2003.
Sequans originally produced 4G WiMAX semiconductor technology.
Sequans expanded into the LTE industry in 2009. The company also celebrated its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2011. It was the first French company to list on the NYSE since 2002. The IPO raised $77 million in gross proceeds.
In June 2012, Sequans announced that it powered 15 different HTC smartphone and tablet devices worldwide. These devices are available on the networks of Sprint, Virgin Mobile, and Boost in the USA, Global Mobile and Vee Time in Taiwan, KDDI in Japan, and Korea Telecom in Korea. As of May 2012, Sequans is also collaborating with Clearwire in an effort to fine tune the company's approach to TD-LTE.
The company has provided TD-LTE trial network chips to China Mobile, and commercial TD-LTE chips for the networks of SKY Brasil and Australia’s National Broadband Network. Manufacturers who have adopted Sequans LTE chips to build LTE devices are Ubee Interactive, Telenet Systems, Gemtek, Netcomm, Seowon Intech, Modacom, and others. In 2011, China’s MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Technology) approved Sequans first generation chips for use in China Mobile’s large scale phase 1 trials. MIIT approved Sequans’ second generation technology for phase 2 trials in 2012. Sequans is targeting key FDD and TDD LTE market opportunities as the LTE market grows. Its products support both types of existing 4G wireless broadband protocols, WiMAX and LTE. Sequans technology also powers electronic devices such as USB dongles and mobile routers. Sequans will continue to deploy its LTE semiconductor solutions globally as existing networks using 2G and 3G upgrade to 4G.<ref name="REUT" />
WiMAX semiconductor solutions.<ref name="SEQ" />
• The SQN1200 system-on-chip features baseband and triple-band RF in a single 65 nm die.
LTE semiconductor solutions <ref name="SEQ" />
StreamrichLTE product family
• The SQN3110 Andromeda baseband system-on-chip is designed for LTE smartphones and tablets, it is 3GPP R9 compliant and built in 40 nm CMOS. It delivers 150 Mbps downlink throughput and includes SDRAM in a 10 x10 mm package.
• The SQN3120 Mont Blanc baseband system-on-chip is designed for hostless USB dongles and desktop CPE, it is 3GPP R9 compliant and built in 40 nm CMOS. It delivers 150 Mbps downlink throughput and includes a customer-programmable applications processor and SDRAM in a 10 x 10 mm package.
• The SQN5120 Mont Blanc dual-mode WiMAX/LTE system-on-chip is designed for dual-mode WiMAX/LTE devices, it is 3GPP R9 compliant and built in 40 nm CMOS. It delivers 150 Mbps downlink throughput and includes a customer-programmable applications processor and SDRAM in a 10 x 10 mm package.
StreamliteLTE product family
• The SQN3101 Firefly baseband system-on-chip is designed for consumer electronics and machine-to-machine devices, it is 3GPP R9 compliant and built in 40 nm CMOS with ultra low power consumption. It delivers up to 50 Mbps downlink throughput in a 10 x 10 mm package.
Awards and Recognition
Deloitte ranked Sequans #163 on its Technology Fast 500 list of companies in 2011.<ref name="DEL" />
NMI, the National Microelectronics Institute, named Sequans founder Georges Karam, Ph.D., a joint Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011.<ref name="NMI" />
RCR Wireless News named Sequans a 2010 Ecosystem Award winner for the Best Mobile Chip Company. The Ecosystem Award recognizes leaders and success stories in the mobile industry.<ref name="RCR" />

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